The Chinese operation elevates BBX Holdings to the number one position as the
global giant in the fast growing barter industry.

China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing Barter Trade Committee entered into
the Master Franchise agreement with BBX International, a wholly owned subsidiary
of BBX Holdings Ltd., which subsidiary will retain 20% equity in the new
venture.

CEO and Managing Director of the newly formed BBX China operation, Mr Wang Lie,
said the 300,000 existing members of the established China trade exchange, JM
Dadi Beijing, will be transferred to BBX China over the next twelve months and
be serviced from an existing network of 18 regional branches in China with Head
Office in Beijing.

“I look forward to the implementation of the BBX model in China with access to
real estate, wine and other products from Australia, India and New Zealand. This
is a major benefit to our BBX members in China,” Mr Wang said.

BBX Managing Director Michael Touma finalised the deal with Mr Wang and other
Chinese officials during his recent visit to China.

“The BBX Internet trading platform, made up of software developed by the BBX
Group over the last 14 years – including web barter IT, IPOS, Web Pos, Vines on
Line, Auction IT and BBX Trading Post – will be the global facilitator for all
BBX trading,” Touma said.

“The franchise will make BBX five times larger than its closest global barter
competitor and will offer members worldwide the opportunity to trade with
inventories to the value of $40 billion dollars.

“China is the company’s fourth international operation to join the only publicly
listed barter management company in the world.

“With the recent expansion to India, we now have the two largest economies in
the world under the BBX umbrella.

“Due to the available inventories from BBX China and BBX India, I believe we
will have many other barter companies wanting to join the BBX Global Barter
Alliance,” He said.

BBX currently has applications or enquiries for International Master Franchises
in Mexico, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Iran and Portugal.

“Negotiations with Mr Wang and his associates in China are a milestone in the
company’s growth and I look forward to Mr Wang and his management team’s
upcoming visit to Australia in November,” he said.

A trade exchange uses trade dollars, which have par value with the local
currency, to assign value to the transactions that take place between members.
The exchange acts as the third party facilitator and record keeper and issues
members with monthly statements showing the purchases and sales they have made
during the month. They also use plastic charge cards similar to other credit and
debit cards in order to conduct business.

BBX members transacted $146 million in trade for the 2006 financial year, with
average trade volume per member in excess of 25,000 BBX Trade Dollars. When this
level of trading is achieved by members of BBX China, the global trade volume
for the group will reach 8.5 billion BBX Trade Dollars

Internationally, BBX will now service approximately 307,000 Australian, New
Zealand, Indian and Chinese member businesses, with offices and/or franchises
situated in all mainland states of Australia, the North and South islands of New
Zealand, plus 10 regional offices in India and a further 18 offices in China.